Fábio Coentrão

Portuguese footballer

Fábio Alexandre da Silva Coentrão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfaβju kwẽˈtɾɐ̃w]; born 11 March 1988) is a Portuguese former professional footballer. Mainly a left-back, he also operated as a winger[2][3] and occasionally as a defensive midfielder.

Fábio Coentrão
Coentrão with Real Madrid in 2012
Personal information
Full nameFábio Alexandre da Silva Coentrão[1]
Date of birth (1988-03-11) 11 March 1988 (age 36)[1]
Place of birthVila do Conde, Portugal[1]
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)Left-back, winger
Youth career
1999–2006Rio Ave
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2007Rio Ave29(5)
2007–2011Benfica52(2)
2008Nacional (loan)16(4)
2008Zaragoza (loan)1(0)
2009→ Rio Ave (loan)16(3)
2011–2018Real Madrid58(1)
2015–2016Monaco (loan)15(3)
2017–2018Sporting CP (loan)25(1)
2018–2019Rio Ave21(0)
2020–2021Rio Ave13(2)
Total246(21)
National team
2005Portugal U181(0)
2006–2007Portugal U1910(5)
2007Portugal U207(4)
2009Portugal U217(6)
2010Portugal U231(0)
2009–2017Portugal52(5)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Third place2012 Poland-Ukraine
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

[4][5][6]

ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup1League CupEuropeOther2Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rio Ave2004–05Primeira Liga100010
2005–06Primeira Liga311041
2006–07Liga de Honra25420274
Total29530000000325
Benfica2007–08Primeira Liga300030100070
2009–10Primeira Liga260214113100453
2010–11Primeira Liga232612014200455
Total522829128300978
Nacional (loan)2007–08Primeira Liga16400000000164
Zaragoza (loan)2008–09Segunda División1000000010
Rio Ave (loan)2008–09Primeira Liga16300000000163
Real Madrid2011–12La Liga200508000330
2012–13La Liga161608000301
2013–14La Liga100406000200
2014–15La Liga90204020170
2016–17La Liga3010200060
2018–19La Liga0000000000
Total581180280201061
Monaco (loan)2015–16Ligue 1153100030193
Sporting CP (loan)2017–18Primeira Liga2515030110441
Rio Ave2018–19Primeira Liga2101010230
2020–21Primeira Liga1321000142
Total3422010372
Career total244213721317032036827

1 Includes Supercopa de España and Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.
2 Includes UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[7]

National teamYearAppsGoals
Portugal200910
2010100
201181
2012120
2013111
201452
201541
201600
201710
Total525
Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Coentrão goal[7]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 August 2011Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal  Luxembourg
3–0
5–0
Friendly
2.22 March 2013Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Israel
3–3
3–3
2014 World Cup qualification
3.5 March 2014Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal  Cameroon
3–1
5–1
Friendly
4.10 June 2014MetLife, East Rutherford, United States  Republic of Ireland
5–1
5–1
Friendly
5.29 March 2015Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal  Serbia
2–1
2–1
Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours

Benfica

Real Madrid

Sporting CP

Individual

  • Liga de Honra Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2006–07[9]
  • Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2009–10[10]
  • L'Équipe Ideal Eleven: 2010[11]
  • Cosme Damião Award – Footballer of the Year: 2011[12]
  • Primeira Liga Young Player of the Month: October 2009,[13] March 2010,[14] April 2010,[15] September 2010[16]
  • UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2012[17]

References